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HB1386VetoFirearms; workplace rules of localities. Provides that any locality that adopts an ordinance prohibiting the public carrying of firearms shall not have workplace rules that are less restrictive than such ordinance. Firearms; workplace rules of local...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB2VetoPurchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB74PassUnpaved secondary highway funds. Clarifies that the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includes improvements other than paving, as described in the bill. The bill also clarifies that the local governing body of the county receiving ...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 134 (effective 7/1/24)
HB522PassAlcoholic beverage control; advertisements. Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to promulgate regulations that prescribe the terms and conditions under which manufacturers, brokers, importers, and whole...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 139 (effective 7/1/24)
SB635PassAlcoholic beverage control; sale and delivery of mixed beverages and pre-mixed wine for off-premises consumption; third-party delivery license; sunset; repeal. Repeals the July 1, 2024, sunset on provisions that allow (i) distillers that have been ap...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 159 (effective - see bill)
SB2VetoPurchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB1462VetoFirearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. Provides that no person shall leave, place, or store a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle, as defined in the bill, when such handgun is visible to any person who is outside such motor vehicle. T...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
SB179PassState hospitals; discharge planning; report. Provides that (i) when an individual is to be discharged from Central State Hospital, Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute, or Southern Virginia Mental Health Institute in 30 days or less after ad...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 153 (effective 1/1/25)
SB99VetoCarrying assault firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty. Prohibits the carrying of certain semi-automatic center-fire rifles and shotguns on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or in any public park or any other pla...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
SB447VetoFirearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. Provides that no person shall leave, place, or store a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle, as defined in the bill, when such handgun is visible to any person who is outside such motor vehicle. T...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB574PassRecordation tax; value of interest conveyed. Provides that for purposes of recordation taxes, the value of a property interest conveyed shall be the most recent property tax assessment for such property at the time the property is conveyed. Recordat...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 140 (effective 7/1/24)
HB175VetoCarrying assault firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty. Prohibits the carrying of certain semi-automatic center-fire rifles and shotguns on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or in any public park or any other pla...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB318VetoFirearm industry members; standards of responsible conduct; civil liability. Creates standards of responsible conduct for firearm industry members and requires such members to establish and implement reasonable controls regarding the manufacture, sal...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB586PassTraining standards for law-enforcement officers; drug use. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards and publish and periodically update model policies for law-enforcement personnel on the use of naloxone or...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 141 (effective 7/1/24)
SB338VetoStudy; JLARC; effects of gun violence on communities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the social, physical, emotional, and economic effects of gun violence on communities across the Commonwealth. Study; JLA...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB1381PassCenter for Rural Virginia; name change. Renames the Center for Rural Virginia as the Senator Frank M. Ruff, Jr. Center for Rural Virginia.
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 132 (effective 7/1/24)
HB103PassState Board of Local and Regional Jails; powers and duties. Requires the State Board of Local and Regional Jails, when promulgating regulations and adopting any policy or guidance document related to the enforcement of any minimum standards applicabl...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 136 (effective 7/1/24)
HB282PassMoving violations; highway work zones. Creates a traffic infraction for any moving violation in a highway work zone punishable by a fine of not less than $300 for the first offense and not less than $500 for any subsequent offense. The bill provides ...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 138 (effective 7/1/24)
HB1075PassDolly Parton's Imagination Library of Virginia Program established. Establishes Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Virginia Program for the purpose of promoting a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool-age children to develop...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 147 (effective 7/1/24)
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Removing, altering, etc., serial number on firearm; selling, giving, etc., or possessing firearm with removed, altered, etc., serial number; penalties. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly poss...
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2024-03-26
Governor's recommendation received by Senate
SB589PassRental conveyances; leases; assignments. Relocates certain provisions of Title 55.1 (Property and Conveyances) of the Code of Virginia related to assignments of rent from a chapter related to nonresidential tenancies to a chapter related to leases. T...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 158 (effective 7/1/24)
HB183VetoStorage of firearms in a residence where a minor or person prohibited from possessing a firearm is present; penalty. Requires any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows that a minor or a person who is prohibited by law ...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB719PassPublic high schools; research-based hazing prevention instruction. Requires the Board of Education to develop Standards of Learning and curriculum guidelines for research-based hazing prevention instruction to be provided as a part of physical or hea...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 144 (effective 7/1/24)
HB85PassMineral mining and processing; use of cyanide or a cyanide compound prohibited. Prohibits any miner or other person from using cyanide or a cyanide compound in any mineral mining or processing operation.
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 135 (effective 7/1/24)
HB639PassReal property tax; notice of assessment changes. Provides that in certain localities, in the event that the total assessed value of real property would result in an increase of one percent or more in the total real property tax levied, the notice of ...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 142 (effective 7/1/24)
SB383VetoCarrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or ...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB804PassDangerous dog; extending the time for adjudication. Requires the court, unless good cause is determined by the court, to hold the evidentiary hearing pursuant to the dangerous dog summons within 30 days or as soon as practicable from the issuance of ...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 145 (effective 7/1/24)
HB29Enroll
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Budget Bill. Amends Chapter 2 of the Acts of Assembly of 2022, Special Session I, as amended by Chapter 769 of the Acts of Assembly of 2023, as further amended by Chapter 1 of the Acts of Assembly of 2023, Special Session I,
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2024-03-26
Signed by President
SB24PassLong-term services and supports screening; expedited screening; screening exemption; emergency. Modifies existing provisions regarding the required long-term services and supports screening under the state plan for medical assistance services by crea...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 152 (effective 3/26/24)
SB368VetoStorage of firearms in a residence where a minor or person prohibited from possessing a firearm is present; penalty. Requires any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows that a minor or a person who is prohibited by law ...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB36PassAbuse and neglect of children; causing or enabling child to gain possession of a firearm; penalty. Creates a Class 5 felony for any parent, guardian, or other person who is 18 years of age or older and is responsible for the care of a child under the...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 161 (effective 7/1/24)
HB585VetoHome-based firearms dealers; prohibited near schools; penalties. Provides that no home-based firearms dealer, as defined in the bill, shall be engaged in the business of selling, trading, or transferring firearms at wholesale or retail within 1.5 mil...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
SB216PassSpecial license plates; 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Authorizes the issuance of revenue-sharing special license plates marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. The bill provides that the prepaid application requireme...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 155 (effective 7/1/24)
HB30Enroll
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Budget Bill. Provides for all appropriations of the Budget submitted by the Governor of Virginia in accordance with the provisions of § 2.2-1509 of the Code of Virginia, and provides a portion of revenues for the two years ending respectively on the...
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2024-03-26
Signed by Speaker
HB637VetoSubstantial risk orders; training program. Directs the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish a Substantial Risk Order Training Program for the purposes of training law-enforcement agencies and other public institutions throughout the C...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
SB644PassUnpaved secondary highway funds. Clarifies that the improvement of nonsurface treated secondary highways includes improvements other than paving, as described in the bill. The bill also clarifies that the local governing body of the county receiving ...
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2024-03-26
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 160 (effective 7/1/24)
HB759PassFood inspections; private homes; pickles and acidified vegetables; gross sales. Increases from $3,000 to $9,000 the gross sales annual revenue cap for sales of pickles and other acidified vegetables that have an equilibrium pH value of 4.6 or lower a...
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2024-03-25
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 131 (effective 7/1/24)
HB452Enroll
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First-time drug offenders. Provides that any person who has not previously been convicted of any felony drug offense under relevant law or under any substantially similar statute of the United States or of any state may be eligible for first-time dru...
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2024-03-22
Governor's substitute printed 24109197D-H1
SB362Enroll
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First-time drug offenders. Provides that any person who has not previously been convicted of any felony drug offense under relevant law or under any substantially similar statute of the United States or of any state may be eligible for first-time dru...
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2024-03-22
Governor's substitute printed 24109199D-S1
SB334VetoPlea agreements; prohibited provisions. Prohibits plea agreements and court orders executed or entered on or after July 1, 2024, from containing any provision that purports to waive, release, or extinguish a defendant's (i) rights under the Fourth Am...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
SB629PassCivil immunity; dentists and dental hygienists; mental health treatment for health care professionals; reporting requirements. Adds dentists and dental hygienists to the list of providers who are immune from civil liability for any act done or made i...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 126 (effective 7/1/24)
HB114PassHealth Insurance Reform Commission; membership. Adds two legislative members to the Health Insurance Reform Commission. The bill requires one such member to be a member of the House Committee on Appropriations who is appointed by the Speaker of the H...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 98 (effective 7/1/24)
SB353PassCommercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits; definitions; commercial driver training; drug and alcohol violations. Conforms the definition of commercial motor vehicle to federal regulations, codifies the entry-level driver training ...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 121 (effective 7/1/24)
SB577PassElections; campaign finance; exemptions for candidates for certain offices; directors of soil and water conservation districts. Provides that a candidate for director of a soil and water conservation district may also seek an exemption from the requi...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 124 (effective 7/1/24)
HB844PassCommercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits; definitions; commercial driver training; drug and alcohol violations. Conforms the definition of commercial motor vehicle to federal regulations, codifies the entry-level driver training ...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 107 (effective 7/1/24)
HB63VetoCriminal cases; request for a jury to ascertain punishment. Provides that an accused may withdraw a request for a jury to ascertain punishment up until the commencement of the sentencing proceeding. The bill also provides that counsel for either part...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB472PassTANF; child care services; reporting; repeal. Repeals the requirement that the Department of Social Services (i) identify strategies for Virginia to obtain the maximum amount of federal funds available for child care services for Temporary Assistance...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 102 (effective 7/1/24)
HB1349PassAlcoholic beverage control; annual mixed beverage performing arts facility licenses; on-and-off premises wine and beer licenses. Defines performing arts facility and sports facility and standardizes the eligibility criteria for annual mixed beverage ...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 111 (effective 7/1/24)
HB614VetoCommunity service work in lieu of payment of fines and costs; work performed while incarcerated. Requires a court to establish a program and allow any person upon whom a fine and costs have been imposed to discharge all or part of the fine or costs b...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB71PassCombined sewer overflow outfalls; compliance with regulations; Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Extends from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2026, the date by which certain combined sewer overflow (CSO) outfalls that discharge into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed mus...
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2024-03-20
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 97 (effective 7/1/24)
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